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EXPLANATION OF PLATE 12. 
The bones of the limbs are marked as in Plate 11. F, Femur, or 
thigh bone; T, Tibia; Fi, Fibula ; Pa, Patella, or SEES one Ha, Hal- 
lex, or great toe; H, Henin: or iris bone; O, Olecranon process of 
elbow; U, Ulna; R, Radius; Po, Pollex, or thumb; Ha, Head of Hu- 
merus, or Femur 
Fig. 1. Bones of human leg, right side; the knee looks forward. 
2. Bones of human leg, right side; in th ition in whic 
Vicq d’Azyr began his comparison; the elbow looks backward, and 
the forearm is in pronation, the radius being crossed upon the ulna so 
as to leave the thumb on the inner side. (This and the three follow- 
ing figures are to be supposed behind Fig. 1, in order to be compared 
With it.) 
Fig. ght arm turned half way round so as to face the elbow 
forward like the knee; the hand remains as before, so that the fore- 
arm is untwisted, or supinated. The head of the Humerus now faces 
Fig. 4. Bones of left arm; all the parts shar with the leg except the 
thumb, which now comes on the outer side: this is as Vicq d’Azyr 
left it. 
Fig. 5. This illustrates the comparison of Turenne. The upper 
parts of the limb of the left arm as in Fig. 4; but the hand has 
been cut off and rhin by the right hand as in Fig. 3 
Fig. 6. Diagram of human fætus, showing the radiis of limbs. 
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